2007-03-02 11:57:08 · 8 answers · asked by bharati dalailama 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
artifact=american spelling
artefact=british spelling
2007-03-03 05:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
artifact:any object made or modifi
ed by man,
a substance,structure,or the like, not naturally present in tissue but formed by artificial means,as chemicals.
artefact:
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2007-03-06 01:10:45 · answer #2 · answered by NQS 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Artefact is a variant of artifact. No difference.
2007-03-02 20:02:10 · answer #3 · answered by el_barto_16302 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An artifact or artefact (see also spelling differences) is:
* A human-made object, such as a tool, weapon or ornament, especially those of archaeological or historical interest.
* A human-made object that is a prototype or standard of measurement.
* A structure or feature, visible only as a result of external action or experimental error. Also known as disturbance in biopotential signals.
Articles about various kinds of artifacts include:
* Artifact (archaeology), any object made or modified by a human culture, and later recovered by an archaeological endeavor
* Artifact (computer game), an online multiplayer video game
* Artifact (fantasy), in the fantasy genre, is usually a magical object so powerful that it cannot be duplicated or destroyed by ordinary means
* Artifact (medical imaging), misrepresentations of tissue structures seen in medical images
* Artifact (observational), any perceived distortion or other data error caused by the instrument of observation
* Artifact (software development), product documentation like requirements, design, test plans of a software application
* Artifacts (album) is a tribal ambient music album by the American artist Steve Roach
* Artifakts (bc), a minimal techno album by Canadian artist Plastikman
* Compression artifact, data compression artifact in computer science, resulting from lossy data compression
* Cultural artifact, a man-made object which gives information about the culture of its creator and users
* Digital artifact, a visible defect in a digital photo or video picture
* Iatrogenic artifact, a disease made up by doctors
* Social artifact, a product of individuals or groups (social beings) or of their social behavior
* Sonic artifact, in sound and music production, sonic material that is accidental or unwanted, resulting from the editing of another sound
* The Artifact is a weapon from Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
* Virtual artifact, objects in the digital environment
* Artifacts (Band), Hip-Hop Duo from New Jersey
* Artefact (band) Black metal band from France
* Artifact, an object responsible for creating a Tangent Universe as described in the fictional book Philosophy of Time Travel from the film Donnie Darko.
2007-03-04 07:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No difference in meaning just a slight variation in spelling.
2007-03-03 04:15:44 · answer #5 · answered by outandabout 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have not heard of 'artifact' yet, only artefact. Thanks for prompting the thought.
2007-03-02 21:31:48 · answer #6 · answered by Commodore 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's just a difference in spelling.
2007-03-02 21:57:10 · answer #7 · answered by Science Guy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-02 22:20:50 · answer #8 · answered by Rajchem 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋